Newcomer
Platform: Commodore 64
Gametype: Undefined
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Newcomer is a 3D adventure/rpg mixture made for the Commodore 64.

You find yourself having been teleported to a place, obviously a jail island. You're supposed to be a murderer, surrounded by people like you. There's an almost total lack of contact with the outside world. Islanders use every kinds of weapons, the island is abound with tough warped animals and there are almost no women.

Using other companions' help, utilizing your skills and items, your task is to escape the sinister place. In the process though, you'll unveil a secret that's going to rattle the very core of you.

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About Gameplay:
Newcomer is part classic adventure game and part roleplaying game: It contains situations and encounters like those found in adventure games and tabletop roleplaying. The game interface and controls are similar to oldschool computer "RPGs". 

In Newcomer the emphasis is on interacting with a large and diverse cast of characters, exploring the game world, developing a wide range of in-game and real life skills, and solving complex puzzles and mysteries.

Features:

180+ characters you can interact with, each with his/her own portrait graphic
10+ people who may join you, to make a team of up to 6 members
...or try it on your own, in the extra challenging Solo game mode...
50+ different areas to explore, created with 30+ different graphic sets
100+ cutscenes/situational graphics in-game, that make you feel like you are there
180,000+ words of ingame text, mostly interactive conversations

No random encounters
Thousands of puzzles and situations to encounter and solve
Complex, non-linear gameplay with multiple levels of endings
Months or weeks of immersive gaming until you "complete" the game...
...but there will still be a thousand situations, resolutions and encounters you have not seen yet, and 2 more game modes to complete!

Game controls changed for more comfort for emulator users on PC/Mac keyboards
VICE fully supported, extensively tested, no virtual floppy disk swapping, works like a native PC / Mac / Linux game

Much faster disk I/O in the 1541 version, compared to classic or Enhanced Newcomer
Less floppy disk swapping needed - optimized data layout, area sorting and duplication for all multiple floppy disk versions
1541 version: 12* floppy disk sides
1581 version: 3* DD floppy disks
CMD FD2000 version: 2* HD floppy disks
CMD FD4000 version: a single ED floppy disk - zero disk swapping

IDE64 version: 2 MB installed, "instant I/O", playing from HDD / CD / DVD / CF / remote filesystem (ethernet, USB, or User Port PCLink, via ideserv - IDE DOS v0.91 or newer required for this feature) supported, different data and save devices supported
PAL and NTSC Commodore 64/64C/128/128D/128DCr systems auto-detected and supported

6581 and 8580 SID chips auto-detected and supported
C128 2MHz CPU mode auto-detected and supported - much faster unpacking for all storage devices
SuperCPU 20MHz mode auto-detected and supported - instant unpacking for all storage devices
20 years in the making, there has never been anything comparable for the C64.

Quick examples of what you can and should do in Ultimate Newcomer:

Persuade, bribe or force people into joining, respecting, obeying, or submitting to you
Find someone to teach you how to pick locks or detonate doors, or to do it for you
Choose the right clothing, disguise, or armour, as the situation demands
Collect information - all the info you can get, and then more
Explore the wilderness and various caves
Get equipment for use or sale
However, solving the game will be much easier if you make friends with everyone who is not a complete b*tard!


http://www.protovision-online.com/games/newcomer.php?language=en
